Nursing the Spawn of a Tyrant

Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt|Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Tegg|Empress Marie Louise of France|Thomas Rowlandson

April 14, 1811 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Nursing the Spawn of a Tyrant — Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt|Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Tegg|Empress Marie Louise of France|Thomas Rowlandson

Marie Louise recoils from her infant son, seated in her lap, who threatens her with a dagger. Napoleon hides behind a curtain at right. A bishop at left raises a goblet inscribed "Composing Draught" to the Empress.

Artist: Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt|Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Tegg|Empress Marie Louise of France|Thomas Rowlandson
Date: April 14, 1811
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959